get bot username with token?

[Pie133]

Hi i want to know is this possible to get bot username with token ?

[Clevero]

What do you mean exactly?

In your application, there should be a getBotToken() and getBotUsername() method. The first one is required in order to run your bot. The second one can be helpful.

Another way to get the bot username would be getMe in the API. You can call getMe like all other functions of the Bot API, cause it's just a implementation of the offical Telegram Bot API.

try{
            User me = getMe();
            System.out.println("id: " + me.getId());
            System.out.println("firstName: " + me.getFirstName());
            /*
             * and
             * so
             * on
             * ...
             */

        }
        catch(TelegramApiException e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

Hope this helps

[Pie133]

i mean is there any function that i can insert the bot token and get bot username something like this: getBotUsernameFromToken("1234456:dfgsdkjgkuygkuyKHYKGygluhlyuy"); and then it return something like : @testbot

[Clevero]

Yes, getMe would be it.

The API doc states about getMe: A simple method for testing your bot's auth token. Requires no parameters. Returns basic information about the bot in form of a User object.

And "...basic information about the bot..." includes also the botusername as stated above.

[Pie133]

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[dapoldi]

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